| Bedfordshire | 1 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 26 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 0 |
| Derbyshire | 1 |
| Devon | 7 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 10 |
| Essex | 0 |
| Gloucestershire | 17 |
| Hampshire | 0 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 1 |
| Kent | 0 |
| Lancashire | 312 |
| Leicestershire | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 |
| London | 5 |
| Middlesex | 0 |
| Northumberland | 7 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 1 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 1 |
| Suffolk | 0 |
| Somerset | 1 |
| Surrey | 0 |
| Sussex | 0 |
| Staffordshire | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 7 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 14 |
| Yorkshire | 5 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 0 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 65 |
| House Servant | 9 |
| Farmers Son | 8 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 7 |
| Labourer | 7 |
| At Home | 6 |
| Farmer's Wife | 6 |
| Annuitant | 5 |
| Hand Loom Weaver Cotton | 5 |
| Ag Labourer | 4 |
| Farm Labourer | 4 |
| Farmer's Son | 4 |
| House Keeper | 4 |
| Servant | 4 |
| Scholar At Home | 4 |
| Plasterer | 3 |
| Tailor | 3 |
| Carter | 3 |
| Farmer Son | 3 |
| Farmer's Daughter | 3 |
| Farmers Daur | 3 |
| Farmers Wife | 3 |
| House Serv | 3 |
| Interest On Money | 3 |
| Power Loom Weaver | 3 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| John Bretherton | 348 |
| William Bretherton | 346 |
| Mary Bretherton | 338 |
| Thomas Bretherton | 305 |
| Elizabeth Bretherton | 289 |
| James Bretherton | 263 |
| Ann Bretherton | 161 |
| Ellen Bretherton | 155 |
| Margaret Bretherton | 152 |
| Jane Bretherton | 135 |
| Henry Bretherton | 134 |
| Alice Bretherton | 131 |
| Sarah Bretherton | 113 |
| Joseph Bretherton | 86 |
| Richard Bretherton | 86 |
| Edward Bretherton | 72 |
| Robert Bretherton | 71 |
| George Bretherton | 69 |
| Annie Bretherton | 58 |
| Isabella Bretherton | 57 |
| Martha Bretherton | 45 |
| Charles Bretherton | 35 |
| Eliza Bretherton | 35 |
| Emily Bretherton | 34 |
| Emma Bretherton | 33 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brotherton | 90% | 11,236 |
| 2 | Bretherton | 100% | 4,923 |
| 3 | Bratherton | 90% | 1,173 |
The surname Bretherton is the 2nd most popular variant of Brotherton.